Amazonian marsh rat | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Cricetidae |
Subfamily: | Sigmodontinae |
Genus: | Holochilus |
Species: | H. sciureus
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Binomial name | |
Holochilus sciureus Wagner, 1842
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The Amazonian marsh rat (Holochilus sciureus),[2] also known as the common marsh rat,[3] or simply the marsh rat,[1] is a rodent species from South America.